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Funds established today at the Scranton Area Foundation will provide an essential stream of income decades ahead to meet the needs of our changing community.

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Join us for our Annual Community Celebration on December 8th!

Join SAF Chairman, David Hawk, President and CEO of SAF, Laura Ducceschi, and our entire Board of Governors on December 8, 2015 from 5:00-7:30 at POSH at the Scranton Club for our Annual Community Celebration. Local attorneys, please join us at 4:00 for an ethics CLE presented by James Gillotti, Esq., CELA of Oliver Price & Rhodes entitled “Ethical Considerations in Estate Planning.”

The Annual Community Celebration is complimentary to donors and friends, but your support is greatly appreciated. This year, your gift to the Scranton Area Community Foundation will benefit countless women and children in our community by funding programs that target the root causes of poverty, inequality, and poor health. Most importantly, any donations received this year will be applied toward a fundraising goal, which will then allow SAF to receive an additional $150,000 in funding! Your support will help us to help women and children in our community to learn the skills and develop the tools they need to create a better life for themselves, their families, and our community.

In addition to highlighting all of the good work done in our community throughout 2015, this year’s celebration will pay special tribute to our Featured Community Partners: PNC Bank and Oliver Price & Rhodes. We will also introduce the members of our Professional Advisory Council and Women in Philanthropy. Special recognition will be given to Sister Ann Walsh, I.H.M. as the Margaretta Belin Chamberlin Award recipient and Tara Atkins, for receiving the Roseann Smith Alperin Award.

Sponsorship Levels

Foundation Principal – $10,000 and above
Speaking opportunity at Community Celebration · Interview highlight for SAF video · Separate and prominent signage at event · 1st come 1st choice of color inside cover, back inside cover, or back cover of Celebration Booklet · Logo on SAF and WIP websites Logo and listing in Annual Report for 2015 · Recognition through SAF and WIP social media · Personal thank you card from SAF President and CEO Public thank you at Community Celebration

President’s Circle – $5,000 and above
Interview highlight for SAF video · Full color centerfold page in Event Booklet · Separate and prominent signage at Community Celebration · Recognition through social media · Featured in 2015 Annual Report · Personal thank you card from SAF President and CEO · Public thank you at Community Celebration

Dignitary – $2,500 and above
Full page black and white in Event Booklet · Listed as event sponsor at Community Celebration Recognition through social media · Listed in 2015 Annual Report Thank you letter from SAF President and CEO

Ambassador – $1,000 and above
Full page black and white in Celebration Booklet · Listed in 2015 Annual Report · Recognition through social medial · Thank you letter from SAF President and CEO

Please send all ads electronically in .pdf or .jpg format by November 30, 2015 to racheld@safdn.org
Checks may be made payable and mailed to the Scranton Area Foundation.
This event is complimentary for our donors and friends but an RSVP to Dana Hunter is required by December 5th by calling (570) 347-6203 ext. 307 or emailing dhunter@safdn.org